Theatre of Blood 1973
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers up human sacrifice.
Eight guests, all strangers to one another, are invited to a secluded location by their gracious, yet enigmatic host. Isolated from the rest of civilization, things start to go awry when each of them is accused of a heinous crime. As they begin to doubt one another and their motives, they realize they are being hunted one by one. Will any of them make it out alive?
In the second "Ironside" movie, the Chief has his spine jolted during a hospital encounter with a narcotics pusher, not only raising the possibility for an operation that might cure his paralysis but also putting him in jeopardy because he can identify the man who had just shot a guard.